I owned an older model of this Toro blower and got many years of use out of it. I did have to replace the plastic impeller once after sucking up some nuts and damaging it. The great thing about the new model is that it has a metal impeller. You can't go wrong with Toro quality built equipment.
At first I thought it would be hard to change from blower to vacuum, but it's very easy. The unit has more than enough power. I am pleased with my purchase.
Pros: easy to go from blower to vacuum, blower is very strong